Cyberinsurance: Necessary, Expensive and Confusing as Hell. Presenters: Sharon Nelson and Judy Selby

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1 Cyberinsurance: Necessary, Expensive and Confusing as Hell Presenters: Sharon Nelson and Judy Selby

2 Setting the stage 2018 report from PwC one-third of US businesses have some form of cyberinsurance PwC Police premiums to reach $7.5 billion by 2020 More than 60 insurance companies offering cyberinsurance 22% of solos and small firms reported having suffered a data breach. Over 1/3 of large law firms have been breached ABA 2017 TECHREPORT SEC Half of small business that are breached go out of business in 6 months

3 Setting the stage Insurance company Beazley fraudulent instruction incidents quadrupled in 2017 average loss $352,000 Top 3 affected sectors professional services (22%), financial services (21%) and retail (12%) Marsh survey 2017 only 19% highly confident in entity s response to a cyber incident Only 30% had an incident response plan

4 Necessary To manage enormous risk Technology is not a silver bullet Employees are a major risk Clicking on links/attachments Losing devices/having them stolen And much, much more... Training cuts risk, but doesn t eliminate it

5 Expensive Pricing all over the map $10,000 plus is normal for small firms 35% growth in cybersecurity industry 2016 Allied Market Research global market will reach $14 billion by 2022

6 Confusing as hell What does your current (non-cyber) policy cover? Cyber coverage is all over the map 2017 Deloitte report not enough data for reliable predictive models

7 Confusing as hell No apples to apples comparison Referrals from colleagues? Not so much... Applications are often 20 or more pages 2017 RAND Corp. study - only 13% of cyberinsurance policies cover cyberattacks which are considered an act of terrorism or war

8 Tim Francis, Vice President and Enterprises Lead for cyberinsurance at Travelers There s so much new coverage out there that hasn t been tested... One day there will be certain claims and we ll figure [out] if the words we used to convey coverage actually say what we thought they meant, which is often up to a lot of lawyers.

9 The 2011 Sony PlayStation network breach Cost an estimated $170 million Sony thought its general liability policy would cover Court ruled against Sony Case settled while on appeal

10 2013 Target breach Approximately $300 million in costs Hefty percentage of costs paid under cyberinsurance policy

11 First Party Coverages Privacy Breach Response Legal Forensic Notification Credit Monitoring

12 First Party Coverages Business Interruption Contingent Business Interruption Data Restoration Extortion Social Engineering Telecommunications Fraud

13 Third Party Coverages Privacy and Network Liability Media Liability Regulatory Liability PCI-DDS Fines Payment card Issuer Liability

14 Market Challenges No Standard Forms Tremendous Variation Among Available Policies Frequent Updating of Forms by Insurers Varying Degrees of Knowledge Among Brokers Appropriate Fit with Entire Insurance Program

15 Potential Pitfalls Application Responses Prior Consent Requirements Panel Firm Requirements Notice Conditions Other Insurance Condition Liability Assumed Under Contract

16 The 10 most common costs that people mistakenly believe are automatically covered Losses incurred during a policy "waiting time" Third-party mistakes New hardware Software upgrades Social engineering, including business compromise (BEC) attacks Bodily injury/property damage Fines and penalties issued by the Payment Card industry Reputation damage Financial loss during downtime Loss from account takeover schemes

17 A new challenge: GDPR coverage General Data Protection Regulation May 25, 2018 Data breach liability Data practices liability collection, storage and usage of protected data Fine and penalties up to 20 million Euros or 4% of the total worldwide annual turnover of the preceding financial year

18 What insurance companies may want to know Had a 3 rd party audit? Produce encrypted when warranted? Full disk encryption? How is your backup engineered?

19 What insurance companies may want to know Cybersecurity training? Mandatory? How often? Phishing tests? What security policies do you have? Penetration testing? Results?

20 What insurance companies may want to know Security software and hardware? Antimalware, data loss prevention, incident detection, etc. Had a data breach? Full details Physical security Compliance with national/international security standards? NIST cybersecurity framework, ISO Compliance with GDPR?

21 What insurance companies may want to know Mobile device security? BYOD allowed? Mobile device management in place? Ever made an insurance claim involving cybersecurity? Any other insurer canceled your cybersecurity policy or refused to renew your policy?

22 What insurance companies may want to know Vendor management Out-processing employees security steps Background check on new employees Aware of facts giving rise to possible claim at time of application?

23 What insurance companies may want to know Annual cybersecurity budget? Practices regarding passwords, access control, patching, upgrading outdated software What kind of data do you hold? PII, health data, financial data, etc. Assets, revenues, number of employees, proposed merger or acquisitions? Logging enabled? Retention period for log files?

24 What you should be asking an insurer Are the terms of the policy negotiable? Is the coverage retroactive? How far back if so? How much coverage do you need, given size, data held, etc.? Does the policy cover regulatory fines?

25 What you should be asking an insurer Discount if you have a 3 rd party audit and remediate any critical vulnerabilities? Other discounts? Are you covered if a vendor holding your data is breached? What actions (or inactions) of yours might void coverage? Misrepresentations on application

26 Cyberrisks in the courts A number of cases, insurers winning much of the time 2017:Moses Afonso Ryan 10-lawyer R.I. firm struck by ransomware Sued in federal court for $700,000 in lost billing Crippled for 3 months, paid over $25,000 Insurer Sentinel paid $20,000 (the limit) for certain computer-related losses, law firm argued that Business Income coverage required it to pay actual losses over a 12-month period

27 Cyberrisks in the courts Medidata Solutions wired $4.8 million after receiving from its president (not) who introduced her to an attorney (not) in an acquisition July 2017 District Judge held that spoofing constituted fraudulent entry of data, triggering protection under the computer fraud provision Also covered under the funds transfer fraud policy Appeal pending in 2 nd Circuit 2018 The Year of the Phish

28 Insuring companies shaming We don t insure stupid Cottage Health Systems Medical data exposed on Internet Columbia Casualty Cottage failed to follow minimum required practices spelled out in the policy Stored data unencrypted on a system accessible on the Internet The first of many sins....

29 Cyberinsurance companies (some of the leaders) Liberty Mutual Beazley Insurance Co. Chubb Ltd. Travelers Hiscox CNA AIG

30 Apple, Cisco team up with insurance companies to offer cyber policy discounts February 5, teaming with insurer Allianz SE Primarily for businesses using their equipment, which is regarded, at least by them, as more secure Requires cybersecurity evaluation by Aon, a risk management firm

31 Walk carefully it s dangerous out there!

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